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porção

Portuguese, noun/poʁˈsɐ̃w̃/

porção is spelled P-O-R-Ç-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,127th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Porção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “portion, part” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parte de algo, pedaço, ração, dose”.

What does porção mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineportion, part

  2. 2

    feminineplate for sharing

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. parte de algo, pedaço, ração, dose: 2. parte que cabe a alguém em resultado de divisão; quinhão: 3. grande quantidade:

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of porção

  • porções plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce porção?

  • Brazil /poʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [pohˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • /poɾˈsɐ̃w̃/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to porção

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is porção in Portuguese?

porção appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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